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Thanks Blackburn, I was beginning to think a plate with suitable holes drilled in it might fit the bill and then decided to buy the one left at ex-MOD as suggested by Wireman. I was pleasantly surprised to discover I still had a credit on Paypal which covered half the cost. I'll probably put the...

Thank you Marjon and Wireman. Good suggestions. I'll probably go for the cheaper tool route and then ebay it.

Wireman.......ouch. That's a lot of dosh for a one off job. Not least because the reason I now have the time to play with this is that I was made redundant, looks like borrowing may be the only option if brute strength doesn't work, if I can find anyone who has one. After Flossie's post it looks...

Flossie, thanks for that but somehow or other the other nuts all came off when I got a spanner on them and I've managed to remove the timing casing with the distributor pump/FIP attached to it . Maybe the other pulleys were easier because the engine was seized. I guess it may be a case of brute...

Ignore that, I've just re-read the manual as shown in your first attached file above, the special tool is only used to pull the pulley off the shaft after the retaining nut is removed. At item no.5 under the heading Remove timing belt and pulleys it says "Slacken and remove the distributor pump...

Thank you Blackburn. I wonder if the special tools or some equivalent will still be available. I would be perfectly happy to have a crack at making something to do the job if only I knew how the special tool worked on this particular pulley as it is different from the others which only rotated...

Yup, mine is just like that. I couldn't see any holes behind the tapped holes in the pulley when I rotated it and so I did try threading a bolt into one of the holes in the pulley wheel and holding it firmly while putting a spanner on the nut. Result a bent bolt!. The bent bolt did unscrew from...

Not entirely sure what the initials stand for but it is how it is described in the workshop manual. It is connected to and distributes the fuel between the injectors.

Hi folks, First post here so please be kind. I have a couple of series 3's, one a petrol 2.25 I use from time to time and the other, which I bought many years ago (15 plus!) with a view to renovating has sat in my garage waiting time for me to have a crack at it, the engine a 2.5 n/a diesel...